JP2011105053A - Grille structure of front bumper - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grille structure of a front bumper capable of enhancing marketability by allowing an upper grille and a lower grille installed on a front bumper divided vertically to give the appearance of integral design. <P>SOLUTION: This grille structure of the front bumper 1 is constituted by respectively installing an upper grille 4 and a lower grille 5 in these upper grille opening 2 and lower grille opening 3, by respectively forming the upper grille opening 2 and the lower grille opening 3 above and below this design surface in a central part in the vehicle width direction of the front bumper 1 arranged in a vehicle front part by sandwiching the design surface 1B. A garnish 7 for connecting the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 is respectively installed in both left-right end parts of the design surface 1B of the upper grille opening 2 and the lower grille opening 3 of the front bumper 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a front bumper grill structure in which openings for introducing outside air are provided at two locations above and below the vehicle width direction center of a front bumper, and an upper grill and a lower grill are respectively attached to the openings.

  At the center of the front bumper located in the lower part of the front end of the vehicle, a grille is installed with an opening for taking in the driving wind in the engine room. There may be a case in which a design surface of the front bumper is passed through the middle portion in the lateral direction and a license plate is attached to the design surface.

  When such a configuration is adopted, a system in which one large grill is attached to the front bumper, and a system in which the grill is divided into an upper grill and a lower grill into two parts, and these upper grill and lower grill are individually attached to the upper and lower openings of the front bumper. Can be considered.

  Incidentally, Patent Document 1 discloses a front bumper in which a garnish covering an air intake port of a bumper body and a bezel covering a light attached to the bumper body are juxtaposed in the vehicle width direction, and the garnish and the bezel are arranged. Proposals have been made to improve the design by arranging them continuously in the vehicle width direction so that the front bumper surface cannot be seen between them.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-087615

  By the way, the above-mentioned two methods can be considered as a method of attaching the grill when adopting a configuration in which the design surface of the front bumper is passed laterally at the intermediate portion in the height direction of the grill, but the former method of attaching one large grill to the front bumper is considered. In the system, there is a problem that the mold for the grill becomes large and the weight of the grill becomes large, so that the cost cannot be avoided.

  In the latter method, the grill is divided into an upper grill and a lower grill and the upper grill and the lower grill are individually attached to the front bumper. However, an increase in the weight and cost of the grill can be avoided, but the sense of unity of the grill is impaired. However, there is a problem that the merchantability is inferior to the former method.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the invention is to improve the merchantability by making the design so that the upper grille and the lower grille attached to the front bumper can be seen integrally by dividing the upper and lower sides. An object of the present invention is to provide a grill structure for a front bumper.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an upper grille opening and a lower grille opening are respectively provided above and below the design surface at the center in the vehicle width direction of the front bumper disposed at the front of the vehicle. In the front bumper grille structure formed by attaching the upper grille and the lower grille to the upper grille opening and the lower grille opening, respectively, the left and right sides of the design surface between the upper grille opening and the lower grille opening of the front bumper are formed. A garnish for connecting the upper grille and the lower grille is attached to both ends, respectively.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the design surface of the front bumper bulges forward of the vehicle relative to the upper grille, and concave portions recessed in the rearward direction of the vehicle are formed in the vertical direction at both left and right ends thereof. The garnish is housed and fixed in each recess.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the upper end of each garnish is engaged with the lower end edge of the upper grill.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the upper end of each garnish is engaged with the lower end edge of the upper grill by an engagement structure that allows movement in the vehicle width direction, and the vertical direction of each garnish. The intermediate portion is engaged with the bumper by an engagement structure that allows movement in the vertical direction, and the lower end portion of each garnish is engaged with the upper end edge of the lower grille by an engagement structure that allows movement in the vehicle width direction. It is characterized by.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the design surface of the front bumper provided between the upper grille and the lower grille is adopted, although the structure in which the upper grille and the lower grille divided into two are actually attached to the front bumper is adopted. The garnish attached to the left and right ends of the garnish can make the design look as if the upper grille and the lower grille are integrated, thereby enhancing the merchantability of the vehicle. In addition, since the grill is divided into an upper grill and a lower grill in the vertical direction, the mold can be reduced in size, and the weight and cost of the upper grill and the lower grill can be reduced.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the garnish can be arranged with the design surface of the front bumper that bulges forward of the vehicle relative to the upper grille being cut through, the positions of the garnish in the vehicle front-rear direction can be set between the upper grille and the lower grille. It can be brought close to the position, and the sense of unity of the upper grille, the lower grille and the garnish can be easily expressed, and the merchantability is enhanced.

  In addition, since the garnish is housed and fixed in the recessed portions formed in the vertical direction at the left and right ends of the design surface between the upper grille and the lower grille of the front bumper, the garnish is easily positioned and the positional deviation becomes inconspicuous. There is no need to pay special attention to component accuracy, and the productivity of the garnish is increased.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the upper end of the garnish is engaged with the lower end edge of the upper grill, the upper end of the garnish and the upper grill can be positioned relative to each other, and the gap between the two can be kept small. Can be expressed easily. In particular, since the connecting portion of the upper end portion of the garnish to the upper grille is an easily visible portion, the sense of unity between the garnish and the upper grille is enhanced, and the appearance quality is improved.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, the garnish and the front bumper, the upper grille and the lower grille are arranged in the vehicle width direction or the garnish and the front bumper, the upper grille and the lower grille in consideration of the dimensional accuracy and thermal expansion, the degree of influence on the appearance, etc. Since it is engaged so as to be movable in the vertical direction, the sense of unity between the upper grille and the lower grille is enhanced by the garnish, and the appearance quality is improved.

It is a front view of a front bumper provided with the grille structure concerning the present invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the front bumper provided with the grille structure concerning the present invention. FIG. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a C part in FIG. 4. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the FF sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1 is a front view of a front bumper having a grill structure according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5 is an enlarged detailed view of a portion C in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line EE in FIG. FIG.

  The front bumper 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 is a resin part attached to the lower front end of the vehicle. A grill attachment portion 1A having a reverse trapezoidal shape in front view is formed at the center in the vehicle width direction. An upper grille opening 2 and a lower grille opening 3 are formed above and below the attachment portion 1 </ b> A with a design surface 1 </ b> B described later interposed therebetween. The upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 that are divided into two parts (formed separately) are attached to the upper grille opening 2 and the lower grille opening 3 from the inside (rear side of the vehicle).

  Thus, a design surface 1B extending in the lateral direction is formed between the upper grille opening 2 and the lower grille opening 3 formed above and below the grill mounting portion 1A of the front bumper 1. In other words, the upper grille opening 2 and the lower grille opening 3 are respectively formed above and below the design surface 1B, and the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 are respectively covered so as to cover the upper grille opening 2 and the lower grille opening 3. It is attached. The upper grill 4 and the lower grill 5 are formed in a louver shape so that the traveling wind can pass through and can be introduced into an engine room (not shown).

  The design surface 1B of the front bumper 1 is an exterior surface that is arranged in front of the vehicle and exposed to the outside of the upper grill 4 and the lower grill 5, and as shown in FIG. Is formed with a license plate mounting portion 6. And the garnish 7 which is long in the up-down direction which connects each right-and-left both ends of the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 is attached to the right-and-left both ends of the said design surface 1B of the front bumper 1 from the vehicle front, respectively.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the design surface 1B of the front bumper 1 bulges forward of the vehicle relative to the upper grille 4, and the left and right ends thereof are recessed portions recessed toward the rear of the vehicle as shown in FIG. 1a (only one is shown in FIG. 3) is formed in the vertical direction (perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3), and the garnish 7 is housed and fixed in each recess 1a.

  Next, the attachment structure of each garnish 7 is demonstrated based on FIGS. 5 to 8 show only the mounting structure of one (right side) garnish 7, but the mounting structure of the other (left side) garnish 7 is the same, and illustration and description thereof will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, horizontal engaging claws 7b and 7c projecting toward the rear of the vehicle are integrally formed at the upper end and the lower end of the garnish 7, and are perpendicular to the left and right of the intermediate portion in the height direction. A pair of engaging claws 7ac are integrally projected toward the rear of the vehicle. Specifically, the upper end portion of the garnish 7 is bent toward the rear side of the vehicle so as to approach the upper grill 4, and is formed in a shape continuous with the left and right lower end edges of the upper grill 4. An engaging claw 7b having a horizontal plate-like insertion portion is formed from the portion. Similarly, the lower end portion of the garnish 7 is bent toward the rear side of the vehicle so as to approach the lower grill 5, and is formed in a shape that is continuous with the left and right upper end edges of the lower grill 5. The engaging claw 7c having a horizontal plate-like insertion portion is formed. The engaging claws 7a are formed on the left and right edge portions of the intermediate portion in the height direction of the garnish 7 at a position slightly close to the upper grille 4, and have a vertical plate shape (plate shape perpendicular to the left and right direction of the vehicle) toward the rear of the vehicle. It is formed so as to have an insertion portion.

  The left and right lower edges of the upper grill 4 and the left and right upper edges of the lower grill 5 are respectively formed with slit-like engaging holes 4a and 5a that are long in the lateral direction, and left and right ends of the design surface 1B of the front bumper 1. A slit-like engagement hole 1b that is long in the vertical direction is formed on the left and right sides of the intermediate position in the vertical direction of the concave portion 1a formed in the vertical direction.

  Thus, the engaging claws 7a, 7b, 7c formed on the garnish 7 are connected to the engaging holes 4a, 5a, 5a formed on the upper grill 4, the lower grill 5 and the front bumper 1 as shown in FIGS. The garnish 7 is housed and fixed in the recesses 1a formed at the left and right ends of the design surface 1B of the front bumper 1 by being inserted into the vehicle 1b from the front of the vehicle and the left and right of the upper grill 4 and the lower grill 5 are secured by the garnish 7. Both ends are connected.

  Here, the upper end portion of the garnish 7 is engaged with the lower end edge of the upper grille 4 in the vehicle width direction while being accurately positioned in the vertical direction by the engagement structure of the engagement claws 7b and the engagement holes 4a. The middle portion of the garnish 7 in the vertical direction is engaged with the front bumper 1 so as to be movable in the vertical direction by the engagement structure of the engagement claw 7a and the engagement hole 1b, and the lower end of the garnish 7 is engaged with the engagement claw 7cb. Is engaged with the upper edge of the lower grille 5 so as to be movable in the vehicle width direction while being accurately positioned in the vertical direction. That is, the garnish 7 is positioned according to the recess 1a of the front bumper 1 in the left-right direction of the vehicle, and is positioned according to the position of the lower edge of the upper grill 4 in the direction along the recess 1a.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the front grille 4 and the lower grille 5 provided between the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 are used in spite of the fact that the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 which are divided into two are actually attached to the front bumper 1. The garnish 7 attached to the left and right ends of the design surface 1B of the bumper 1 and disposed in front of the front bumper 1 can be designed to appear as if the upper grill 4 and the lower grill 5 are integrated. Sexuality is enhanced.

  In the present embodiment, since the garnish 7 can be disposed with the design surface 1B of the front bumper 1 bulging forward of the vehicle relative to the upper grill 4 in a cut-off state, the position of the garnish 7 in the vehicle front-rear direction is determined. 4 and the lower grille 5 can be brought close to each other, and the sense of unity of the upper grille 4, the lower grille 5 and the garnish 7 can be easily expressed, thereby improving the merchantability.

  Since the garnish 7 is housed and fixed in the recesses 1a formed in the vertical direction at the left and right ends of the design surface 1B between the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 of the front bumper 1, the garnish 7 can be easily positioned. Since the positional deviation becomes inconspicuous, it is not necessary to pay special attention to the component accuracy, and the productivity of the garnish 7 is increased.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the engagement claw 7b formed at the upper end portion of the garnish 7 is engaged with the engagement hole 4a formed at the lower end edge of the upper grill 4, the upper end portion of the garnish 7 is adopted. And the upper grill 4 can be relatively positioned, and the sense of unity of the garnish 7 can be easily expressed while keeping the gap between the two small. In particular, the connecting portion of the upper end portion of the garnish 7 to the upper grille 4 is an easily visible portion and is therefore an important point in appearance quality. The garnish is formed by the engagement structure of the engagement claw 7b and the engagement hole 4a. 7 improves the vertical positioning accuracy (horizontal positioning accuracy between the garnish 7 and the upper grille 4) with respect to the boundary line (substantially horizontal) between the upper grille 4 and the upper grille 4 and effectively reduces the gap between the front and rear of the vehicle. The positioning accuracy in the direction is improved, the sense of unity between the garnish 7 and the upper grill 4 is enhanced, and the appearance quality is improved.

  In the present embodiment, the garnish 7, the front bumper 1, the upper grille 4, and the lower grille 5, taking into account the dimensional accuracy, thermal expansion, the degree of influence on the appearance, etc., the garnish 7, the front bumper 1, the upper grille 4, and the lower grille 5, Since the garnish 7 is engaged so as to be movable in the vehicle width direction or the vertical direction, the sense of unity between the upper grille 4 and the lower grille 5 is enhanced, and the appearance quality can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front bumper 1A Front bumper grille mounting part 1B Front bumper design surface 1a Front bumper recess 1b Front bumper engagement hole 2 Upper grille opening 3 Lower grille opening 4 Upper grille 4a Upper grille engagement hole 5 Lower grille 5a Lower grille engagement Joint hole 6 License plate mounting part 7 Garnish 7a-7c Garnish engagement claw

Claims (4)

An upper grille opening and a lower grille opening are respectively formed above and below the design surface at the center in the vehicle width direction of the front bumper disposed at the front of the vehicle, and an upper grille is formed on the upper grille opening and the lower grille opening. In the grill structure of the front bumper configured by attaching the lower grille,
A front bumper grill structure, wherein garnishes for connecting the upper grille and the lower grille are respectively attached to left and right ends of the design surface between the upper grille opening and the lower grille opening of the front bumper.   The design surface of the front bumper bulges forward of the vehicle from the upper grille, and concave portions recessed in the rear of the vehicle are formed in the left and right ends, respectively, and the garnish is housed and fixed in each concave portion. The grill structure of the front bumper according to claim 1.   The front bumper grill structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an upper end portion of each garnish is engaged with a lower end edge of the upper grill. The upper end portion of each garnish is engaged with the lower end edge of the upper grille by an engagement structure that allows movement in the vehicle width direction, and the vertical intermediate portion of each garnish is engaged with the front bumper that allows vertical movement. 4. The front bumper grill structure according to claim 3, wherein the front bumper grille structure is engaged by a structure, and the lower end portion of each garnish is engaged with the upper end edge of the lower grille by an engagement structure that allows movement in the vehicle width direction.

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